Fortissimo Films
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The Night Listener
You never know who's listening.
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
- Original title
- The Night Listener
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $10,639,686
John Chard
Feb 25, 2020 · via TMDB
As for Pete, there's a line in the Velveteen Rabbit that reads... Real isn't how you were made. It's the thing that happens to you. I'm Gabriel Noone. Goodnight. Well I can add The Night Listener to my list of films that I believe are criminally undervalued. I be genuinely surprised to see this finely crafted tale rated below 6 on some internet movie sites. Is it just the Robin Williams haters dragging this smart film down? Or perhaps it's kids who don't quite understand a film about the complex and eerie nature of the fragile human condition? Either way this film delivers something outside of the norm, something for those to seek out who require a break from the hum drum of the spoon fed Hollywood masses. Boasting the ever reliable and undervalued talent of Robin Williams (gusto without histrionics), and the considerable brilliance of Toni Collette, the film delivers a dark look at the yearning for love in some form or another, at the gullibility of those in need of something, making this film is a smart and intriguing nights entertainment. All those interested in the film should seek out the true story it's based on, that of the Anthony Godby Johnson affair, itself an eerie slice of human mystery. This wouldn't be out of place on Hitchcock's CV, and tomorrow when I'm taking on the challenges of another working class day, this film will be at the forefront of my mind - because it did its job handsomely. You may not like it once viewed, but you will at least think about it afterward. Or maybe it's just me that thinks this is a little gem that should be thought of better with the advent of time... 7.5/10
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Robin Williams
Gabriel Noone
Toni Collette
Donna D. Logand
Rory Culkin
Pete D. Logand
Sandra Oh
Anna
Joe Morton
Ashe
Bobby Cannavale
Jess
Rodrigo Lopresti
Young Man at Party
John Cullum
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Guenia Lemos
Female Neighbor
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E.J. Carroll
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Michael Shaw
Production Design
Lisa Rinzler
Director of Photography
Robert Kessel
Producer
Peter Nashel
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Armistead Maupin
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